Ornamental covering for shoe buttons



Nov; 24, 1925.

A. C. NOYES ORNAMENTAL COVERING FOR SHOE BUTTONS wig.

Fud April 19. 1925 Patented Nov. 2.4.-, i925.

UNITED ALFRED C. NOYES, OF NEW YORK. Y.

ORNAMENTAL CVERING FOR SHOE BUTTONS.

Application filed April 19, 1923.

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Be it known that I. Ameno C. Norris, a. citizen of the United States, and a resident ol the borough ot ).flanliattan, city, county, and State ot New Yorlnhave invented cervtain new and useful improvements in Ornamental Coverings Vtor Shoe Buttons, ot 'which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in ornamental coverings for shoe buttons.

Certain styles of womens shoes are provided with straps or tabs that are huttoned over the instep or ankle. The buttons einployed are necessarily small and sometimes unsightly and detract from the appearance oit the shoe. It has therefore heen proposed to provide ornamental coverings of relatively large size to conceal the unsightly buttons and atiord source oft ornamentation.

The object ott' the present invention is to produce such an ornamental covering which may hy a very simple manipulation he readily and quickly applied on the shank of the shoe button and which when so applied will he positively locked against haelt- 'ard .movement on the strap.

Another object oi' my invention is to utilize the resilience ot the strap both to procure initial alignment oit the button shank and entrance aperture of the locking opening' so 'as to permit insertion ot said shank in said opening' and to retain said shank and opening: in locked relationship until manipulated ttor release.

lilith these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the combinationr of members and arrangement of parts so coinhined as to eo-act and cooperate with each other in the performance ot' the functions and the accomplislnncnt of the results herein, contemplated. and comprises in one of its zulaptations the species or preferred lorin illustrated in the :nwonipanying drawings, in which :w-

Fg. Vl a perspective rear view of a. shoe hutten covering einhodjgfing my invention/1 Fig. f2 is a side elevation oi the cmiering` shown in Fig. l;

Fig. Il is a top plan viewv ot the button covering` as applied to a hutten on a shoe ;V

Fig. it is a section on the line 4 4 looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4.- showing the turning ot a covering and button to permit covering' to he applied to button.; and

Serial No. 633,069.

Fig'. 6 is a section on the line G-G oil? i l lookingI in the direction oi the arrow.

Referring non 4to these drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my in- 'vei'ition7 l indicates a slide comprieiner a hase or hody portion la which may he ornamental itself or which may have mounted therein an ornament l) ot any suitable type and a fastening hand 2. The body or ot' hutton-covering slide may he of any suitable type and prefereahly, illustrated. is holloWed or dished so as to effectively and entirely conceal the shoe hutten when it is applied thereon. The fastening band 2 may he secured in any suitable Way to the bodyportion l and, as shown, comprises connecting legs Qa-QZ" and a bridge portion QP so to provide intermediate the hody portion la and the bridge i?, a strapnidinp; channel l to enable the sliding olI the holder along the strap. In this sliding;` movement, the opposite connecting legs lL-2 will .ahnt aeainst the opposite edges oit the strap. and the bridge portion 2b will ahnt a ainst the inner lace oi" the strap. Said hridgeportion il is provided substantially midway between the legs 2--9 with a loclrii'ig aperture Ll, substantially circular or round in conformation and having a contracted month 4: which opens at one side edge ot the bridge portion il and is preferably arranged in the line of movement along a strap of the slide and at right angles to the plane in which the sh ank or loop of the shoe button is dis posed. The locking aperture is ot suliicient diameter to permit the turning` therein oi? the button-loop but the mouth thereof is so contracted as to permit the passage of the loop odgewise and prevent a sidewise Inoven'ient of the loop therethrough.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a shoe-button (i connected to a strap or tali 5 of the shoe. As illustrated, the button is provided ivitll a .loop or shank 6a which is connected to the 'tab hy means of a metallic ring or clip 7, the loop of the button being disposed in e. plane extending transversely of the longitudinal anis of a shoe strap 8 which is usa-- ally provided with a button-hole 9, through which the button 6 passes to tasten the strap il in place. ln applying or attaching my ornamental hut'toncovering. the end of the strap 8 is, before. being huttoned, passed or threaded through the channel 3 and the strap then huttoned over the button 6. The ornamental covering slide is then slid lli) toward theloop of the buttonfand thetab and covering 6 are subjected to a relative turning or twisting movement. This `applies a twisting pressure on the stra-p S by abut- 5 ment of the connectinglegs againstthe opposite edges thereof and also a similar pressure on the tab 5 or button (Sand such turning movement causes the edge of the button loop G and contracted mouth 4t to be 10 moved into substantial alignment whereupon the Covering is forced over the said loop. The said tab 5 and covering l are then released and the resistance to twisting in its own plane oi the strap or oi' the tab .or both will .cause the same to resume their initial positions. This results in a locking of the loop Ga Within the looking aperture et, which owing to the contraction of its mouth will not permit the sidevvise .movement of the loop out Vof the aperture, 'tlo releasefthe covering from `the loop of the button Ithe parts are agaiinturnedlor twisted torproeure substantialalignment of theedge ofthe button' loop and Contracted mouth, whereupon the Qovering may :be removed from the shank. ,lVhen, however, the parts are in .looked positi.on,.as sho\\n.in'l*`.ig. fi, within the .aperture el, the covering `will be positively andfsecnrely lookedy inthe button and,

floeeause of the Vsaid jresista-noe oi` ythe `strap to': bending initsoivnfplane,it will be imfpossible tomove ithe-'Coverin-giin either dilreetion onthestrap ,and thisloelring-in is :sufficiently;positive;..to prevent the slidedrom l getting outgof proper position in,v rolation'i to thewbiittonduring Wearing of the ornament. Having desoribedmy invention, I claim z* l. :shoe button "Covering embodying a slide comprising a body portion and a fus tening band portion Connected to the bodj)7 portion lto provide a strap Channel, said `fastening band having a looking opening provided with a contracted entrance opening so arranged in said band as to enable a looking engagement between the loop of a shoe button and said band.

2. In combination, a shoe button having a loop disposed in one plane, or' a fastening buttonfcovering for theshoe button Comprising a slide movable along said strapand composed ofva body portion and fcastening band secured thereto to ,provide a strap channel, the Walls of which abut against the edges of said strap, said strap also having a looking opening.Comprising-a Vrelatively large --boidyportion and a contractedJ'nouth arranged in relation to said opening `in .a

lplane'substantially .atright angles to the plane in which the loop .of the button is disposed.

In Witness whereof, .l have signed my name E to the ioregoing specification.

ALFRED C, kN() YES. 

